for the week of 05.04.09
A client comes into the community health center upset and crying stating “I will die of cancer now that I have this disease.” And then the client hands a nurse a paper with one word written on it: "Pheochromocytoma." Which response should the nurse state initially?
1. "Pheochromocytomas usually aren't cancerous (malignant). But they may be associated with cancerous tumors in other endocrine glands such as the thyroid (medullary carcinoma of the thyroid)"
2. “This problem is diagnosed by blood and urine tests that reveal elevated levels of adrenaline and noradrenaline”
3. "Computerized tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are used to detect an adrenal tumor"
4. "You probably have had episodes of sweating, heart pounding and headaches"
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The correct answer is number: 1
Smeltzer, S.C., Bare, B.G., Hinkle, J., & Cheever, K.H.
Brunner-Suddarth's textbook of medical surgical nursing (11th ed.).(2008).
Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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